ILS wins award for Innovation and Service Improvement

We are pleased to announce that the Integrated Library Service (ILS) is the proud winner of the award for Innovation and Service Improvement within Corporate Services at last week’s Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) Foundation Awards.

Winning this award is the culmination of months of hard work and dedication from the ILS team. The award was presented at the WUTH Foundation Awards on Thursday 18th September 2008 at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight. Television presenter Fred Talbot presented the award to Eileen Hume, Head of Trust Integrated Library Service, commenting:

‘The ILS is on the cutting edge of new developments in health libraries and in the past 12 months has led the way in delivering exciting and innovative library services. Notably, the Team has developed the ILS website to replicate virtually the services available in the physical library and implemented new ideas to engage library users among Trust staff and external partners. The staff have shown originality and commitment to their field to enable others to excel in theirs.’

The traditional business of library services has evolved into a ground-breaking and innovative service, with developments such as a successful shared library service with the University of Chester, significant developments in the ILS web pages to engage library users and the launch of the Read and Relax Collection, a recreational book collection to encourage non-traditional library users to utilise our services.

The innovation and pioneering work being undertaken by the ILS was recognised earlier this year when we were awarded a Level 3 under the Health Libraries and Information Confederation (HELICON) accreditation scheme. This is the highest level of accreditation possible, and the ILS was highly praised by the assessors for its excellence and innovation. In April 2008 the ILS has also received national funding from the National Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NIII) for funds to support the development of a Business Intelligence Service role for NHS Libraries.

Annual Evidence Update on Surgical management of faecal incontinence: 15-19 September 2008

The Theatres Specialist Library is publishing an Annual Evidence update on the surgical management of faecal incontinence to coincide with National Continence Awareness week beginning 15th September 2008.
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Annual Evidence Update on Eczema: 15-19 September 2008

This is the second Annual Evidence Update on Atopic Eczema organised by the NLH Skin Disorders Specialist Library.
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Annual Evidence Update on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia: 15-19 September 2008

The Later Life Specialist Library Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Annual Evidence Update aims to provide healthcare professionals with a clear path to the most important recent evidence surrounding the five major types of dementias: Alzheimers; Vascular dementia; Dementia with lewy bodies; Frontotemportal dementia; and mixed dementias.
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Launch of the new Commissioning Specialist Library

The pilot Commissioning Specialist Library went live on 15 September 2008. The library is free, and aims to be a one-stop shop providing timely and efficient access to high quality information resources for all those involved in commissioning for health and wellbeing. It endeavours to include the best available evidence, examples of good practice, policy and data to support world class commissioning.

The Commissioning Specialist Library is one of over 30 Specialist Libraries from the National Library for Health (NLH) and is managed by the King's Fund Information and Library Service. It will be officially launched at the King's Fund Annual Conference in November 2008.
Feedback or comments are welcomed, and contact details can be found on the Commissioning Specialist Library homepage.
Find out more at http://www.library.nhs.uk/commissioning/

Launch of the new Infections Specialist Library

What is the Infections Specialist Library?
The Infections Specialist Library (ISL) provides convenient and comprehensive access to the highest quality evidence on the investigation, prevention, treatment and control of infectious diseases from a clinical perspective. This is intended to keep health professionals up to date with the burgeoning amount of infectious disease evidence that is emerging daily.

What does the library provide?
*Resources in the library include:
*Reviews and Systematic reviews (e.g. Cochrane Library, CKS, DARE)
*National guidelines (e.g. NICE, DH, SIGN)
*International guidelines (if no suitable UK guidelines exist, e.g. WHO, CDC)
*Examples of best practice (e.g. HPA)
*Standard Operating Protocols (e.g. HPA)
*Government health policies and standards (e.g. HPA, DH)
*News and events

Find out more at http://www.library.nhs.uk/infections

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2008 hosted by the Integrated Library Service

Coffee, cake and a cracking good read!

Date: Friday 26th September 2008
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
Venue: Dining Room, Education Centre, Arrowe Park Hospital

The Integrated Library Service (ILS) will also be launching a new assortment of recreational books - come along and browse our Read and Relax Collection!

To find out more about the Read and Relax collection please visit our web pages.

All staff are welcome to call in and help make 2008 our most successful Macmillan Coffee Morning yet!

Annual Evidence Update on Special Care Dentistry: 8-12 September 2008

In recognition of the new consultant speciality of Special Care Dentistry, the Oral Health Specialist Library is presenting a new Annual Evidence Update that identifies relevant, high quality information published in this area.

In recognition of the new consultant speciality of Special Care Dentistry, the Oral Health Specialist Library is presenting a new Annual Evidence Update that identifies relevant, high quality information published in this area. The speciality has been defined as: 'the improvement of oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors'. The update also features reviews of two specific areas of interest identified by oral health professionals: bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw and antibiotic prophylaxis in bacterial endocarditis.

Find out more at www.library.nhs.uk/oralhealth

Annual Evidence Update on Hepatitis B/C: 8-12 September 2008

An update of the evidence on this topic from the NLH Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases Specialist Library

The NLH Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Specialist Library project team has carried out a systematic search on Hepatitis B and C to identify all high level evidence published in the past year, namely guidelines, systematic reviews, health technology assessments and economic evaluations. Leading experts from around the UK have read and appraised these for their validity and relevance to the busy clinician. A list of the most useful papers, along with commentary from the experts, will be available on the site from 8th September.

Find out more at www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver

New e-books available!

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine and Oxford Handbook of Nurse Prescribing are now available through the National Library for Health.

The second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine will also be available from the end of the month.

Access these e-books by logging in to the National Library for Health at www.library.nhs.uk with your NHS Athens password and selecting 'Books, Journals and Healthcare Databases', then 'E-books'.

For more information about NHS Athens, please link here.

National Library for Public Health e-Newsletter

The September 2008 National Library for Public Health e-Newsletter has been published. The newsletter outlines new additions to the National Library for Public Health and also lists upcoming public health events.
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The National Library for Public Health is based at the North East Public Health Observatory on behalf of the Association of Public Health Observatories as part of the Informing Healthier Choices strategy published by the Department of Health.

New and updated Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) topics

There are eight new or updated CKS topics this month.
DMARDs - New
Irritable bowel syndrome
Osteoarthritis
Post-herpetic neuralgia
Pruritus ani
Red eye - New
Rosacea
Shingles

What else is new?
CKS podcasts
Nine new podcasts are available in the KnowledgePlus section of the CKS website.
Anaphylaxis (2)
Breast cancer
Missed contraceptive pills
Overview of CKS
Red eye (2)
Reducing antibiotic prescribing
Smoking cessation

Drug safety update
Increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour in people on antiepileptic treatment in August’s Drug Safety Update.

What is CKS?
Freely available, the NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formerly PRODIGY) are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care.

How does it help?
CKS provides quick answers to real-life questions that arise in the consultation, linking to detailed answers that clearly outline the evidence on which they are based.

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Headache Annual Evidence Update

The NLH Neurological Conditions Specialist Library project team has carried out a systematic search on headache and migraine to identify all high levelevidence published from 2006 - 2008, namely guidelines, systematic reviews,health technology assessments and economic evaluations. Leading experts fromaround the UK have read and appraised these for their validity and relevance to the busy clinician. A list of the most useful papers, along withcommentary from the experts, will be available on the site from 1st September.
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